“We are ensuring digital infrastructure is well protected. We should be proactive in the Cyber space,​” Minister of State for Electronics and IT, PP Choudhary Wednesday said, adding that National Cyber securityPolicy is in place.

With the recent Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government push towards digital transactions and online activities such as delivery of public services, the need for a robust security, according to experts has increased manifold.

After the recent hacking incidents of congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, news channel NDTV and liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the government IT department has stepped up cyber security of all state-run portals and asked companies such as Google, Yahoo and Twitter to take appropriate measures.

Choudhary​ added that cyber security was important ​for Digital India​ as well​, and the government was instrumental in creating the National Cyber Coordination Centre to overcome challenges.

The centre which is likely to come up in the current fiscal would act as an agency for cyber crime prevention, investigation and training purposes.

“With the government championing Digital India, the skill requirements have become more important than ever,” he said at the MoU signing agreement between Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) and the University of Chicago.

The NDA government, according to Choudhary is already facilitating policy initiatives for entrepreneurs in a big way. India is well placed to become start-up leader.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is also aiming to set up 2.60 lakh Common Service Centres (CSCs), in 2017, from nearly 2 lakh presently, to serve 83 crore individuals across 6.50 lakh villages.